apparently, those that we hire to "protect and serve" are also there to save us from ourselves..."arrest" seems like the wrong term, but may be legally correct...
'Aguilera was arrested because she appeared too drunk to care for herself and had no driver to take her home, McSweeney said.
The law allows deputies to detain intoxicated people for their own welfare until they sober up but there is no intention to prosecute them, he said.
"You're sitting in a car drunk. You have every legal right to be there but when we come across you we say you can't drive and we're not going to put you on the sidewalk," he explained.'